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Anon plays GTA V (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sabin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's also noteworthy that japanese people typically refer to themselves by their name,

Talking in third person in Japanese is no less unusual than doing so in English

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

uhm do you have a source of that because i've seen various evidence to the contrary.

[–] sabin@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I speak Japanese. You clearly do not. Edit: "no less unusual" is admittedly a slight overstatement. It is slightly more permissible to speak in third person in Japanese. Nevertheless it is false to say people GENERALLY talk in third person.

[–] BunScientist@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

they have like a dozen ways of saying "I" for starters